Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
ततो वर्षसहस्रांते तयोर्मध्ये नृपोत्तम । प्रादुर्भूतं महालिंगं दिव्यं तेजोमयं शुभम्
tato varṣasahasrāṃte tayormadhye nṛpottama | prādurbhūtaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ divyaṃ tejomayaṃ śubham
അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ നൃപോത്തമാ, ആയിരം വർഷങ്ങളുടെ അവസാനം ആ രണ്ടുപേരുടെ മദ്ധ്യേ ദിവ്യവും തേജോമയവും ശുഭവും ആയ മഹാലിംഗം പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു।
Pulastya (narration)
Tirtha: Māheśvara Mahāliṅga (Jyoti-liṅga motif at Arbuda)
Type: peak
Listener: ‘O best of kings’ (royal interlocutor)
Scene: Between two contending deities, a colossal, radiant, auspicious liṅga suddenly manifests—pure light with a dark stone core hinted within the blaze; the landscape reads as a sacred mountain precinct.
FAQs
The supreme auspicious principle (symbolized by the Mahāliṅga) transcends rivalry and reveals itself as the higher reality beyond competing claims.
Within the Arbuda narrative setting, the verse highlights the Mahāliṅga’s manifestation; the verse itself does not specify a named tīrtha, but it serves a māhātmya-style revelation motif.
None is stated in this verse.